Setting application usage setting to 120 days

[NathanPerry]

Is it possible to change the usage setting for every application to 120 instead of 90 days (default). I know you can for an individual application but I want to change the definition of usage across the board 

[ChrisG]

A procedure for doing this with FlexNet Manager Suite On-premises would be:

1. Execute SQL queries like the following against the compliance database to set the usage period for all applications published in the reference ARL as well as locally defined applications:

   UPDATE SoftwareTitleEx_MT SET UsagePeriod = 4 -- Update usage period for reference ARL applications (months)
   
   UPDATE SoftwareTitle_MT SET UsagePeriod = 4 -- Update usage period for local applications (months)​

   Note that the 1st query above will need to be re-executed after any ARL update if you want the 4 month period to apply to new applications added to the ARL in that update.

2. Create a "dummy" local application and set its usage period in the UI to 4 (months). This is to workaround a problem whereby usage data is only imported from an inventory source for the last 3 months or the longest usage period for any locally defined application (whichever is longer).

Note that usage data from more than 3 months ago are ignored if inventory readers are run in "disconnected" mode - that is, from a beacon (which is always the case with FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud). You can only have a usage period longer than 3 months if your inventory readers are run in "connected" mode - that is, on the batch server of a FlexNet Manager Suite On-premises installations.

[mfranz]

Hi Chris,

Does this mean the usage period changes made in the Web UI are also reset by ARL updates?

Best regards,

Markward

[ChrisG]

No - the usage period on existing applications should not be updated when an ARL update is applied. However new applications which are created when an ARL update is applied will get a default usage period of 3 months so those records will need to be changed to (in this example) 4 months after applying the ARL update.